Speakers

An Evening With David Rabinovitch: A Filmaker’s Journey

David is an award-winning filmaker and a native son of Morden. With the help of CFAM radio host Al Friesen we were able to retrace David's journey, from his youth here in Morden to the ambitious documentary projects that now take him around the globe.

Residents enjoyed the screening of clips from some of his films and heard stories of the people he has met and landmark events that he has witnessed. His trip to Morden for this evening had an added purpose - to work on the planning of a visual documentary of the marine reptile preditors found in this area. People attending were able to see the film trailer for this documentary "Swimming With Bruce".

The evening was held on September 13, 2008 at the Kenmor Theatre and the tickets were FREE.

An Evening of Bread & Roses

On July 17th, 2008 at the Morden Friendship Centre, local expert - Monique Rampton of Morden Nurseries spoke on the development of the famous Parkland series of roses, including the Morden Rose. A selection of ethnic breads were on hand and tea was served. The centre was filled to capacity with 125 people attending.

Chautauqua Celebration Speakers

Part of the program of events during the three day Chautauqua Celebration Festival were three speakers. (September 26th – 28th, 2008) The speaches took place in the Morden Community Hall.

1. Sarah Williams: “MB Horticultural Pioneers Lecture” – Sarah Williams, an Alberta author of several gardening books, spoke on Manitoba Horticultural Pioneers, including the significant work of Morden’s Henry Marshall.

2. Canadian Legion Speaker: “The Spirit of Service” was an inspirational speech for youth and adults presented by Roland Fisette from the Royal Canadian Legion.

3. Paleo-Passion: Anita-Marie Janzic - Curator and Vertebrate Paleontologist for the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre spoke about “Paleo-Passion.” Many people are interested in fossils. Those living in southern Manitoba are especially fortunate to have available one of North America’s best collections of marine-reptile fossils. The paleo-passion speaker helped us understand why they are important and how they can be enjoyed.